Peter Weber
The principle of folding has characterized Peter Weber’s work for over 40 years. It has become the distinctive mark of his art. In the mid-1970s he created the first works, initially out of paper and cardboard. Folding enabled him to relate space and surface, two- and three-dimensionality, by means of a simple and yet centuries-old traditional practice. Themes that had previously occupied him in his artistic work could now be precisely realized with this technique.
Certain peculiarities have typified his procedures until today. Weber folds all of his works out of one piece of material. He makes no cuts in the surface. Each folding is first conceived and planned in his sketch book. Then he realizes it first in packing paper and finally in models. Considerations of light and shadow, which further modify the three-dimensionality of the works, play a crucial role in the design stage. Geometric order - and the occasional chaotic dissolution of this order by chance - is his leitmotif. Even when Weber works with felt, a heavy textile that is in reality hardly pliable, he folds it on the reverse side and sees the final result only after the final fold.
Dr. Simone Schimpf, Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, in:
Peter Weber. Structure and Folding. Catalogue Raisonné 1968-2018, Bd. 1, Hirmer-Verlag, Munich 2019
Peter Weber was born in 1944 in Kollmar/Elbe. He lives and works near Munich.
Born 1944 in Kollmar/Elbe. Lives and works near Munich.
Education and artistic development
1963-65 | Apprenticeship as typesetter |
1969-73 | Studies at the Fachhochschule Hamburg, Department of Art and Design under Max H. Mahlmann; Diploma as graphic designer |
since 1969 | Experience with Concrete Art, first works focusing on systematic and serial changes in linear structures |
1973 | Attempts at combining kinetics and music, first catalogue of a kinetic multivision on the composition Transition I by Mauricio Kagel |
1974 | Painter and graphic designer |
1975 | First foldings with paper |
1975-78 | Position as an art teacher |
1979-89 | Assistant Professor at the Fachhochschule Hamburg, Department of Art and Design |
1990 | Development of folding techniques and folding systems, first foldings in canvas |
1993 | Foldings with front and reverse sides on one plane |
1996 | Foldings in high-density polyethylene and steel |
2001 | First foldings in felt of various densitiy and colour |
2005-06 | First retrospective solo show at the Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt; the show travels to four more locations |
2017 | The first works in steel and felt with “open folding states” are created |
Awards, participations
2002 | Laureate of the sculpture park Mörfelden-Walldorf from 2000 are exhibiting their works |
Participation at the annual shows of the artists’ association of Schleswig-Holstein in 1994/95/97/99/2000/2001/2002/2003/2004/2005/2006/2009/2015.
Regular participation at national and international art fairs.
Collections (selection)
Forum Konkrete Kunst, Erfurt, DE
Helms-Museum, Hamburg, DE
Kunsthaus Rehau, Institut für Konstruktive Kunst und Konkrete Poesie
Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, DE
Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein/Stockholm, SE
Landesgalerie am oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz, AT
Museum Abtei Liesborn, Liesborn, DE
Museum Dr. Bamberger-Haus, Rendsburg, DE
Museum für Reduktive Kunst, Swiradow, PL
Museum für Konkrete Kunst und Design, Ingolstadt, DE
Collection Peter C. Ruppert – Konkrete Kunst aus Europa nach 1945, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, DE
Museum Modern Art, Hünfeld / Fulda, DE
Museum Ritter, collection Marli Hoppe-Ritter, Waldenbuch, DE
Provinzial Versicherungen, Kiel, DE
Collection D. de Simone, Rom, IT
Collection E. Gomringer, Rehau, DE
Collection G. Wienecke, Hamburg, DE
Collection Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Collection J. & S. Bergman, Chicago, IL, USA
Collection M. & J. Fee, Chicago, IL, USA
Collection R. Elia, Turin, IT
Collection Ricci-Zucchini, Bologna, IT
Collection S. Braunfels, Munich/Berlin, DE
Collection U. Crespo, Frankfurt / Vienna, DE/AT
Schulzentrum Nakskov, Lolland, DK
Sparkasse Celle, DE
Stadtgalerie im Elbeforum, Brunsbüttel, DE
Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, DE
Collection Hoffmann-LaRoche, Basel, CH
Collection Maximilian und Agathe Weishaupt, Munich, DE
Collection Carmen Sacher, Stadt Schrozberg, DE
Collection Apostolatos, Caracas, VE
Collection Textile Traces Collection, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Collection Kunststiftung Annelies and Gerhard Derriks, Fürstenfeldbruck, DE
Collection Das Kleine Museum, Weissenstadt, DE
Collection Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg, DE
Collection SCHROTH, Soest, DE
Solo exhibitions since 1990
2022 | Structure and Change, Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch Raumfaltungen, Kunstmuseum Bayreuth, Ausstellungshalle Neues Rathaus, Bayreuth |
2021 | Peter Weber, Galerie Leonhard, Graz, AU Structures of Folding, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg, DE |
2020 | Galeria Marita Segovia, Madrid, ES (with Lourdes García O‘Neill) |
2019 | Peter Weber – „alles gefaltet“, Galerie Kautsch, Michelstadt, DE |
2018 | Struktur. Peter Weber – Ralph Kerstner, Galerie Mariette Haas, Ingolstadt, DE |
2017 | Peter Weber – Faltungen, Residenz Würzburg, DE |
2016 | Ganzheit als Prinzip. Schwingende Skulpturen und Faltobjekte, mit Martin Willing, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, DE |
2015 | Falten in Natur und Technik, Phyletisches Museum, Jena, DE |
2014 | Ganzheit als Prinzip, mit Martin Willing, Städtische galerie ada Meiningen, Meiningen, DE |
2013 | Faltungen, mit Fotograf Johannes Kersting, Hauser Hoffmann Kunst – Art – Arte, Atelier Kuemmichweggen, Schaffhausen, CH |
2012 | Off the Wall, mit Steve Johnson, DavisKlemmGallery Frankfurt, DE |
2011 | Faltungen, Hauser Hofmann Kunst – Art – Arte, Thayngen, CH |
2010 | Das Kleine Museum, Weissenstadt, DE |
2009 | Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, DE |
2008 | Galeria Marita Segovia, Madrid, ES |
2007 | Galerie Cervino, Augsburg, DE |
2006 | Peter Weber – Joan Hernández Pijuan – ein Dialog, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, DE |
2005 | Galerie Uwe Sacksofsky, mit Tom Mosley, Heidelberg, DE |
2004 | Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, DE |
2003 | Galerie Dietgard Wosimsky, Gießen, DE |
2002 | Galerie Uwe Sacksofsky, Heidelberg, DE |
2001 | Faltwandlungen, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, DE |
2000 | Galerie Renate Kammer Architektur und Kunst, Hamburg, DE |
1999 | Faltwandlungen, Artists’ Center, Lübeck, DE |
1998 | Faltwandlungen, Galerie im Elbeforum, Brunsbüttel, DE |
1997 | Faltungen, Kulturzentrum Wassermühle, Trittau, DE |
1996 | Hofgalerie, Chemnitz, DE |
1995 | faltung verso faltung, Haus Ratschow, Rostock, DE |
1994 | Kreishaus Ratzeburg, DE |
1992 | Kunstverein, mit G. Lutz, Bad Dürkheim, DE |
1990 | Strukturen, Ausstellungszentrum am Fernsehturm, Berlin, DE |
Group exhibitions since 2000
2018 | DECADE ONE. Ten years dr. Julius ap, dr. julius ap, Berlin, DE |
2017/18 | Von Alu bis Zement – Bilder, Plastiken und Objekte, Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, DE |
2017 | Start-up! Editionen zeitgenössischer konkreter Kunst von renommierten Künstlern und emerging artists, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, DE |
2016 | THE BOX PROJECT. UNCOMMON THREADS, Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, USA (2017); The Textile Museum at George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA (2017/18); Collaboration with the Lloyd Cotsen Collection, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2015 | SCHWARZ AUF WEISS, Highlights aus der Sammlung Maximilian und Agathe Weishaupt und der Stiftung für konkrete Kunst und Design, Museum für konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, DE |
2014 | REIHE – RHYTHMUS – RAUM, Kunstprojekt Karlshof, Ellingen, DEWiesbadener Kunstsommer 2014, Kunstraum unterm Kurhaus, Wiesbaden, DE |
2013 | Faszination FARBE. Die Galerie Renate Bender zu Gast im KUNSTHAUS Fürstenfeldbruck, Fürstenfeldbruck, DE |
2012 | Konstruiertes Grau #4, Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin, DE |
2011 | 3 D Reliefs, Objekte und Plastiken aus der Sammlung Marli Hoppe-Ritter, Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, DE |
2010 | Papier konkret, Galerie Ruhnke, Potsdam, DE |
2009 | Werkgruppen, Galerie Ursula Huber, Basel, CH |
2008 | Hommage an das Quadrat – Werke aus der Sammlung Marli Hoppe- Ritter, Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, DE |
2007/08 | Exemplifizieren wird Kunst, Vasarely Múzeum, Budapest, HU |
2007 | Petersburg ..., Jahresausstellung, Galerie St. Johann, Saarbrücken, DE |
2006 | Aus & Auf Papier, Papiermachermuseum Laakirchen, Steyrermühl, AT |
2005 | Weiß, März-Galerien, Ladenburg, DE |
2004 | Multiple Objekte, Galerie St. Johann, Saarbrücken, DEKonzept ́03, Hanse-Office Brüssel und Landesvertretung vonSchleswig-Holstein, Berlin, DE |
2003 | Lauflage, Galerie Uwe Sacksofsky, Heidelberg, DE Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, NL |
2002 | Europe Concrete, Brunswiker Pavillon, Kiel, DE Galerie Uwe Sacksofsky, Heidelberg, DE |
2001 | Konstruktivisten aus Schleswig-Holstein, Richard-Haizmann-Museum, Niebüll, DE |
2000 | Nicht(s) zu fassen, mit U. Behl, P. Turpin und K.P. Dencker, Museum Modern Art, Hünfeld, DE |